35 Most Intense Struggle Faces in Sports

In few other areas of life are human emotions more transparent than in sports. With the ups and downs comes a great palette of countenances: the beaming smiles of victory, the contorted grimaces of pain, the wide eyes of hope, the slack jaws of disbelief...

But schadenfreude dictates that it is the faces of struggle we love best.

A victory for the home team just isn't 100 percent satisfying until the cameras switch over from the jubilant winners to the forlorn losers. Their misery, our pleasure.

Click on to see 35 of the most penetrating struggle faces that sports have churned out in recent times.

7. Bryce Brown

Eagles rookie Bryce Brown had a lot to celebrate at the time this struggle face was captured on camera. With 169 rushing yards and two TDs, it had been quite a game for him. What's more, a week earlier, he had set a team rookie record with 178 yards.

So why the sour puss?

Despite Bryce's stellar performance on this day, the Eagles added an eighth notch to a closing streak (snapped the following week).